Safari Dave
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Battery powered chainsaws are, IMO, more dangerous than gasoline powered chainsaws, and can be VERY dangerous, especially, to uneducated chainsaw users.
My brother, stupidly, bought one for his wife, because he didn't have any idea about how to properly operate a chainsaw.
1. Because they are quite, uneducated people think they are "safe"
2. Battery powdered chainsaws won't quit running when they hit Kevlar chaps, because they don't choke-out the way gasoline chainsaws will.
With chainsaws, knowing the proper way to operate them will, usually, keep you safe.
I would NEVER cut near a person with a battery powdered chainsaw, who had no:
1. Chaps
2. Head and eye protection
3. Wedges
4. Hatchet or hammer
Because, I would assume, they simply didn't know what they were doing.
Being able to "judge" storm debris is a completely different matter. This is NO PLACE for a novice sawyer.
Beyond, cutting minor limbs, things can get very complicated. An experienced sawyer has to estimate wind torque and several other variables into normal cutting operations.
I would recommend to anyone who uses a chainsaw to take a class,
I have taken classes from:
1. Boy Scouts of America
2, U.S. Forest Service
3. Georgia Department of Natural Recourses
4. The Southern Baptist Mission Board
All were good, and I learned something from every class.
Perhaps, the most important lesson I learned form each class, was that it takes MUCH more than the chainsaw itself to be proficient at operating a chainsaw.
My brother, stupidly, bought one for his wife, because he didn't have any idea about how to properly operate a chainsaw.
1. Because they are quite, uneducated people think they are "safe"
2. Battery powdered chainsaws won't quit running when they hit Kevlar chaps, because they don't choke-out the way gasoline chainsaws will.
With chainsaws, knowing the proper way to operate them will, usually, keep you safe.
I would NEVER cut near a person with a battery powdered chainsaw, who had no:
1. Chaps
2. Head and eye protection
3. Wedges
4. Hatchet or hammer
Because, I would assume, they simply didn't know what they were doing.
Being able to "judge" storm debris is a completely different matter. This is NO PLACE for a novice sawyer.
Beyond, cutting minor limbs, things can get very complicated. An experienced sawyer has to estimate wind torque and several other variables into normal cutting operations.
I would recommend to anyone who uses a chainsaw to take a class,
I have taken classes from:
1. Boy Scouts of America
2, U.S. Forest Service
3. Georgia Department of Natural Recourses
4. The Southern Baptist Mission Board
All were good, and I learned something from every class.
Perhaps, the most important lesson I learned form each class, was that it takes MUCH more than the chainsaw itself to be proficient at operating a chainsaw.
